An X user has posted videos of an RTX 5070 that has suffered an all-too-familiar case of cable meltage. Reportedly, an updated 12V-2×6 power cable is implicated, as opposed to the older but ...

While these micro-fit connectors serve to save space on the PSU, this is an ATX 3.0 power supply and, as such, comes with a single PCIe 5.0 12VHPWR cable in the box to hook up a high-end RTX 40 ...

That said, it's worth remembering that one still has to use a 12VHPWR cable, or multiple 8-pin PCIe cables, between the BTF ...

HPWR' power connector on the ASUS GeForce RTX 5090 handles 1000W of power at ease, with increased reliability.

With the pins nudged backward just a bit, the cable must be inserted a tad bit more for a secure connection. Igor states this is installed on the RTX 4070 and possibly newer GPUs, which include ...

There’s a hot new power connector in the desktop PC world… and by hot, we mean “literally melting.” Issues with the new 12VHPWR power connector design for the latest PCIe 5.0-compliant ...

When PCI-SIG introduced the 12VHPWR power connector as a replacement for the 6- and 8-pin PCIe power connectors, it created a wave of controversy. There were enough cases of melting GPUs, PSUs, and… ...

If you are the kind of PC enthusiast or gamer who really doesn't like the look of cables, and especially Nvidia's odd choice of top-mounting and angling its RTX 5090 12V-2x6 connector, this card ...

Nvidia's RTX 4090 power connectors typically melt quickly or not at all -- but it seems that, even after a year, the GPU can still be in danger. Skip to main content Menu ...

In response to these issues, PCI-SIG has been working on a revised connector simply known as 12V-2x6. The name is descriptive: it carries 12 volts on a connector that has two rows of six pins. The ...

The colored 12VHPWR connector and gold-plated pins aim to reduce common issues related to PCIe 5.0 connections, addressing a critical point in modern high-end power supplies.